Where HAS all this obstruction come from?!
Imo, Obama's main (only?) crime was being disappointing. And that was in large part due to everything he suggested being thwarted or resisted.
Is there any way of restoring the ability of government to actually govern (without losing too many checks and balances)? Or is the US increasingly going to be subject to governmental paralysis (something the UK is also experiencing)?
Oh, and meet Dave Cameron - the man who broke Britain.
Your comments about Cameron are ro9ughlky right.
It was his opposition to the appointment of JP Juncker - the man who sees all his answers in the bottom of a glass - that is evn more to the point.
Yes Dave didn't think, was so out of touch that he thought the referendum would be a doddle, and then, in common with many politicians these days when he didn't get his own way he threw a hissy fit. A left. As did Baby George. Without a plan B.
But by then Juncker had set his sights and while he had lost his prey Cameron he still had control over the UK.
And that's what he's done, and alas there haven't been enough politicians willing to stand up for the UK being as most are only interested in their own importance rather than the good of the country.
Currently the EU has fixed its budget for the coming years. In the vent of a no deal they wont get the divorce payment, if there is a deal eventually they wont get a UK contribution. Consequently the EU is facing a time when there isn't enough money in the pot to go round, many countries that get cash allocations are unwilling to see these cut which is leaving room for a very big shortfall. Germany would be expected to foot the bill but there is uncertainly about how the economy is going, and will once again the German People bail out the EU yet again.
As you can see the UK has brought about a crisis within the EU community as well. Currently France is teaming up with German to present a powerful group to influence the way the EU is heading. Italy feeling left out is hoping to form an alliance with Hungary and Poland. Suddenly the EU is looking more like every man for himself.
Meanwhile the trio of little important men in Brussels can see their dreams evaporating as slowly they lose grip of the control they have wielded for so long. The realisation that without fiscal unity, unified tax, pension and retirement benefits the inequality of being in the EU is at last being seen by the greater public for what it is, a power grab.
And yes, it has also used the church in this battle. With the back stop of Northern Ireland remaining in the EU if a deal is not done is a back door way of giving, for services rendered, a united Ireland - while stealing part of the UK.
Added to which, as far as can be seen, the EU has not addressed the other problems it might have. How much of the real estate of the two UK building is owned by the UK. When the UK leaves the EDU will it still have access to the European bank - and if not can it remove the billions it has invested. And while the EU is pontificating about various scientific works that it says we will not have access to but into which the UK has poured billions will there be recompense for that?
Bitterness and divorce can be brutal, the EU is determined to hang on regardless of the pain it inflicts not only the UK but the rest of the EU as well.
UK Politicians are elected to do the will of the people.
52% of the referendum votes were to leave - surely that should have nee enough.
But no, now the remainers want a second referendum on the grounds that we didn't know what we were voting for.
If they get their way does this then open the gates for more "Peoples Votes", i.e, if there is another general election and Corbyn gets in can we then have a second vote as they are not the old loved labour party but controlled by Momentum and a group of anti Semites and terrorist lovers.
The UK would be well advised to advise the EU countries what a no deal Brexit would mean.
Eire is going to have to go to the EU for a very big loan. France is already talking about millions in border controls. While the EU says that the UK will suffer how about the EU, what is going to happen to the Salad industry in Spain and Portugal, the meat for Hungary and Holland, the vegetables for Greece and Italy, and, don't forget, there will be another wine lake.
So, as JP Juncker et al raise another glass of Moet and drink to the mess the UK politicians have got into maybe they'll look to see the chaos they are in the process of creating.